19a, Flat, High Street, Barnstaple, EX31 1BG

19a is a mid-terrace house in Barnstaple (EX31 1BG). It has a recorded floor area of 73 m² (around 786 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (December 2017) shows an F (score 30), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The rating has held steady at F across 3 certificates since October 2008. Between certificates, main heating went from Poor to Average; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Average to Very Poor and lighting dropped from Good to Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to D (score 68), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.

Held since June 1995 — that's 31 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. At 73 m² the property is well over the postcode median (35 m² across 18 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Today's modelled estimate of £490,000 sits 59.9% above the 1995 sale of £306,500. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£390/sq ft) was about 41.2% below the postcode norm.